Strength.
"Hmph, it's clearly because you didn't remember some knowledge well enough."
Hermione glanced at the white-haired little dumpling who was still being stubborn, snorted softly, and proudly raised her chin.
"Professor Quirrell mentioned several ways to identify zombies in class just now, which were written very clearly in *The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection*, but even so, you missed a sentence and didn't answer it completely."
"That sentence was just a repetitive rhetorical device by Professor Quentin (the author of the textbook)…"
Aileen's expression froze, and she turned her head slightly awkwardly, weakly defending herself.
"Then what about the common regional distribution of zombies in the world? The book doesn't mention that there are a large number of zombies in the East, and Professor Quirrell also said that he has never heard of any division of zombie levels and types."
"That's because he's ignorant! I'm clearly right!" Aileen kicked the gravel at her feet unhappily.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts class had ended, and the girls left the castle, walked through the empty forest towards Hagrid's hut by the Forbidden Forest, preparing to see the cute "little guy" that Aileen mentioned.
However, Aileen was still a little worried about some of the things that happened in class before.
Magical communication around the world is too slow. If it were something else, Aileen might not be so sure, but there's no way she could be wrong about such iconic Eastern dark creatures like Jiangshi (Chinese Hopping Vampire/Zombie).
The most important thing is that if this question was considered correct, she would at least have tied with Hermione, and wouldn't have been reduced to accepting punishment.
"Perhaps, but you can't even give an example of which book you saw it in, which makes it really hard to believe."
Hermione shrugged her shoulders, looking at Aileen with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
"Seeing the way you were arguing in class just now, I almost thought you were the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor – don't forget, Professor Quirrell is the official professor at Hogwarts, and he is definitely stronger and more knowledgeable than us."
"Professor Quirrell, heh…"
Aileen rolled her eyes helplessly.
As an unlucky professor who had a mishap the first time she went out to gain practical experience in Defense Against the Dark Arts, she wasn't sure how much experience Professor Quirrell had in resisting dark creatures besides the content of the books.
To some extent, Lockhart, who had never had a mishap in dozens of field trips, was probably more than one level better than Quirrell in this regard.
You know, although Lockhart seems to be just a cowardly and despicable writer in the magical world in the original book, and most of his wonderful experiences were plagiarized from other people's deeds, many people have overlooked two very important things.
First of all, Lockhart is definitely a master-level old silver coin in human magic. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to quietly solve so many wizard adventurers who had experienced dangerous magical events.
On the other hand, the difficulty of such a magical creature as the Basilisk is really too advanced.
The more you know about the Basilisk, the more you can understand the danger of this terrifying magical creature. Only second-year iron-headed kids like Harry and Ron dare to go directly to fight the Basilisk.
This is also why the Ministry of Magic ultimately chose to continue to seal it, rather than directly encircling and suppressing the Basilisk.
Faced with this terrifying creature that emits a range of Avada Kedavra spells at all times, no one is willing to bet their statement unless it is absolutely necessary – there is too little information about the Basilisk in the magical world. So far, no one knows the special knowledge that the Basilisk's gaze is not fatal when reflected.
"Speaking of which, maybe I can consider letting the old grandpas contact Mr. Lockhart to see if he is willing to sign a contract with *The Quibbler* and become a full-time excellent magical novelist on the surface…"
Aileen raised her eyebrows thoughtfully, thinking secretly.
As for secretly, he would be one of the exclusive magical consultants belonging to the future "Hogwarts Consortium."
Although memory magic is one of the magics she hates the most, she has to admit that if there is such a master of Obliviation Charms and Memory Charms around, there will indeed be more room for error and solutions in many cases.
However, the use of this double-edged sword must be extra cautious.
If she remembers correctly, she vaguely saw a H-HP fanfiction with Lockhart as the protagonist in her previous life, in which Lockhart, as a master of memory, almost ruined all the good-looking little witches.
(PS: The book title replies "A Good Person Has a Peaceful Life" can be seen)
Perhaps, before recruiting him, should Mr. Lockhart be thrown to Bulgaria to experience a period of time before coming back? Aileen looked at the little wings surrounding her, and a strange thought suddenly appeared in her mind.
…
The distance from the castle to the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest is not too far. Before Aileen could figure out how to deal with the thorny Mr. Lockhart, the girls had already arrived next to Hagrid's hut.
Unfortunately, judging from the closed wooden door of the hut and the giant crossbow that had been removed from the door, Hagrid must have just gone out to patrol the Forbidden Forest and was not staying in the house as usual.
Not far from the hut is the exclusive vegetable garden for Hogwarts faculty and staff.
At this time, a giant three-headed dog like a small mountain was lying quietly on the open space next to the vegetable garden. Except for the left head looking around spiritedly, the other two big heads were lying on their crossed paws, fast asleep.
In fact, this is also why Cerberus has long been one of the wizards' favorite choices for guarding vaults. Compared with dragons or sphinxes that occasionally sleep, Cerberus, which has three heads that can take turns, rarely encounters situations like in novels where small thieves take advantage of the situation.
Anyone who wants to pass the checkpoint guarded by Cerberus has no chance to try their luck other than confronting it head-on - whether you break it with music, skills, or violently with damaging magic.
"Um… Aileen, is the 'little guy' you're talking about referring to it?!"
Hermione glanced at the three-headed behemoth in front of her, which was filled with hot sparks between breaths, swallowed lightly, turned her head to look at Aileen, and asked in a low voice subconsciously, for fear of accidentally attracting the monster's attention.
Although Professor Dumbledore had previously introduced that this three-headed dog named Fluffy belonged to the Hogwarts campus guards, just like those moving armors and house elves, all of them were to ensure the safety of the school.
But no matter what, compared to those normal-sized statues and armors, the sense of oppression and danger brought by this living behemoth is not at the same level - which is also the most important reason why no little wizard has dared to covet the faculty's vegetable garden for so long.
"Yes, and no. To be precise, it's what it will be soon."
While Aileen was talking, she took out the bottle of "Shrinking Potion (d)" from her pocket and shook it at Hermione, then turned around and waved to the big dog, and a blue flame flashed in her palm.
"Fluffy, come here."
"Woof? Woof woof woof!"
Hearing Aileen's voice, the awake left head first turned around, and a happy look appeared in its two big dog eyes, and it immediately turned its head and barked at the other two heads that were sleeping.
"Woof~?"
"Woof—"
The other two dog heads swayed from side to side, let out a few low roars, and slowly opened their eyes.
Immediately afterwards, the three-headed dog's body, like a small mountain, stood up quickly, and a ball of blue flames suddenly enveloped the entire behemoth, turning into sideburns floating around Fluffy's three necks, looking particularly majestic.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Finally seeing Aileen appear, the three-headed Fluffy barked happily while running towards Aileen's direction like crazy - guarding the vegetable garden was too boring. Besides sleeping, it could only stare blankly at the birds in the Forbidden Forest every day, and couldn't go anywhere.
"Eh? Ah ah ah ah!"
"Ah ah ah ah! Don't come over! Ah ah ah!"
"Ah ah ah ah ah! Aileen, run!"
Looking at the terrifying behemoth approaching quickly in front of them, Hermione, Hannah, and Luna's pupils dilated rapidly, and their heartbeats accelerated to the extreme in an instant. No one knew who started it, and they all let out bursts of piercing screams.
After all, they are just a group of children around the age of eleven.
This ferocious three-headed dog, covered in flames, was so scary that everyone forgot what Aileen and Professor Dumbledore had said before in the first place.
"Cough cough, don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Fluffy is actually very obedient."
Looking at the little wings around her who were frightened and pale, Aileen, who originally planned to give everyone a surprise, coughed awkwardly and quickly raised her palm to Fluffy, who was rushing towards her, and said softly.
"Fluffy, sit down!"
Aileen's voice was very soft, almost completely drowned out by the screams of Hermione and others.
However, for the three-headed Fluffy, this sound was completely enough.
In fact, thanks to the magic contract established by Grindelwald, at such a close distance, even if Aileen didn't speak, Fluffy could vaguely know what the little master's order was with magical induction.
"Woof!" x3
The next moment, the three-headed dog, which was still running towards the crowd, obediently responded three times, grabbed the ground hard with its four paws, and instantly squatted obediently in place, its thick dog tail wagging happily behind it, stirring up a large cloud of dust on the ground.
"See, Fluffy is just a little big, but it's actually very smart."
Aileen gently patted the little Hermione loli who was still in shock beside her and gestured towards Fluffy.
"Fluffy, raise your hand."
"Fluffy, roll over."
"Fluffy, stick out your tongue."
"Fluffy, breathe fire…"
As the three-headed dog showed obedient and wonderful talent displays, Hermione and others, who were suddenly startled, gradually calmed down, and the look in their eyes looking at Fluffy slowly changed from fear to curiosity.
After all, Professor Dumbledore had already introduced Fluffy's existence to everyone once before, so for the girls, this three-headed dog was not so unacceptable - after looking at it for a long time, it was even a little cute.
Being big doesn't necessarily mean being ferocious, just like Huskies and Bulldogs, the latter is obviously more scary.
Seeing the fear on Hermione, Luna, and Hannah's faces gradually dissipate, Aileen's eyes wandered between Fluffy's three big heads and her own three little wings - well, one head for each person, just right.
Aileen thought for a while, and didn't rush to use the {Shrinking Potion (d)}, it's still early and there's no need to rush for a while.
In the eyes of Hermione and others, Aileen walked to Fluffy unhurriedly, patted the big dog's body gently, turned around and said with a smile.
"How about…"
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